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Scientific research—panacea or Pandora's Box

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2009

Abstract

Scientific research is unpredictable and may produce results that change the world—for better or for worse, it is impossible to say. Views and attitudes towards the benefits and dangers arising from the development of science have altered during the author's lifetime. Some questions are posed, but none are answered.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Academia Europaea 1995

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References

Based on a lecture delivered at the Fundación BBV, Madrid, in October 1991.